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From: David Clarke <[log in to unmask]>
CRITICAL MUSICOLOGY FORUM
The Politics of Inclusion:
Access to Music in Higher Education
15 July 2002, University of Newcastle
Department of Music
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
If increased participation in Music at HE level is desirable, what are the
implications for those offering Music degrees and for their thinking about
the subject? Do the continuing expansion of the Higher Education sector, a
widening range of potential entry qualifications and ever-changing student
profiles represent an opportunity or threat? What perspectives can
Critical Musicology offer?
Contributions are invited for a study day exploring these issues. Themes
may include the following:
* What does widening access to Higher Education mean for Music?
* Representation and the curriculum: what does Critical Musicology have to
say about class, ethnicity, gender _ ?
* Prior learning: what's afoot in A-level, BTec, HND _?
* Admission criteria for Music: what can/should we assume? What ideologies
are at work?
* Repertories, approaches, methodologies: new musicologies for old?
If you'd like to offer a short, informal presentation or co-ordinate a
round-table discussion on any of these issues, or related ones, please
email an abstract of 150-250 words to [log in to unmask]; or snail mail
to David Clarke, Music Department, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon
Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK. Deadline: Monday 3 June.
There will also be plenty of opportunity for open discussion of these
ideas, and all are welcome. Newcastle has excellent road, rail and air
connections: for further information go to www.ncl.ac.uk/music and click
on 'how to get here'.
The study day precedes the IASPM (International Association for the Study
of Popular Music) conference, also held at Newcastle on 16-18 July. So
there's also the possibility of combining both events. For more
information on the IASPM conference visit www.ncl.ac.uk/music.
Dr David Clarke
Department of Music
University of Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
UK
Direct line: +44-(0)191 222 6703
Fax: +44-(0)191 222 5242
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